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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/btree-gist.sgml,v 1.4 2007/12/06 04:12:09 tgl Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="btree-gist">
<title>btree_gist</title>
<indexterm zone="btree-gist">
<primary>btree_gist</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
<filename>btree_gist</> provides sample GiST operator classes that
implement B-Tree equivalent behavior for the data types
<type>int2</>, <type>int4</>, <type>int8</>, <type>float4</>,
<type>float8</>, <type>numeric</>, <type>timestamp with time zone</>,
<type>timestamp without time zone</>, <type>time with time zone</>,
<type>time without time zone</>, <type>date</>, <type>interval</>,
<type>oid</>, <type>money</>, <type>char</>,
<type>varchar</>, <type>text</>, <type>bytea</>, <type>bit</>,
<type>varbit</>, <type>macaddr</>, <type>inet</>, and <type>cidr</>.
</para>
<para>
In general, these operator classes will not outperform the equivalent
standard btree index methods, and they lack one major feature of the
standard btree code: the ability to enforce uniqueness. However,
they are useful for GiST testing and as a base for developing other
GiST operator classes.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Example usage</title>
<programlisting>
CREATE TABLE test (a int4);
-- create index
CREATE INDEX testidx ON test USING gist (a);
-- query
SELECT * FROM test WHERE a < 10;
</programlisting>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
Teodor Sigaev (<email>teodor@stack.net</email>) ,
Oleg Bartunov (<email>oleg@sai.msu.su</email>), and
Janko Richter (<email>jankorichter@yahoo.de</email>). See
<ulink url="http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist"></ulink>
for additional information.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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